MURDER BY NUMBERS: Latest global animal slaughter statistics and charts
KAROL ORZECHOWSKI: In 2020, we published a comprehensive blog looking at the number of animals slaughtered globally for food every year, based on…
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On Biolabs and Cows: Getting to the heart of the matter
MAUREEN MEDINA: The demand for bovine heart valves to treat cardiovascular disease—the top global killer—is rising, and there is a cruel irony—with…
‘End the Cage Age’: Major new undercover investigation reveals cruelty, torment and frustration of sows in European farms
RONNIKA A. MCFALL: A major new investigation by Compassion in World Farming released on July 7, 2022 reveals the immense suffering of sows in cage…
EVIL IS IN THE AIR: Animal rights activists’ drone video details livestock cruelty on factory farms
BRUCE CRUMLEY: The broadening deployment of UAVs for rapidly diversifying purposes in recent years has allowed operators to get eyes on – and in –…
Sherry F. Colb: Are women ‘livestock’?
SHERRY F. COLB: I recently received a flood of nasty messages... in response to a rather modest critique of Samuel Alito's 'Dobbs' opinion that I…
We the Animals: Declaration of Rights and Independence for Animals
"To the animals who have been killed by human greed, selfishness, and bloodlust. In their names, and in the names of current and future generations of…
Meat, Monopolies, Mega Farms: How the U.S. food system fuels climate crisis
AMANDA SCHUPAK: Food and the climate crisis are locked in a tangled web of cause and effect. Globally, food systems contribute about a third of all…
Gary L. Francione: Why morality requires veganism; the case against owning animals
GARY L. FRANCIONE: Before the 19th century, at least in the West, animals were largely excluded from the moral and legal community. They were…
Kathryn Parsons: Why Veganism Should Be Apolitical
KATHRYN PARSONS: In recent years, veganism as a phenomenon has accelerated its growth as a movement with tangible changes in society, on our high…
Jordi Casamitjana: The Politics of Veganism
JORDI CASAMITJANA: One of the good things about the term vegan becoming more well-known and used in mainstream society is that we now have more…
BACKSLIDING: Exiting veganism; Identity residue, reaction or ambivalence?
REBECCA GREGSON: Veganism is a dietary lifestyle that boasts of benefits to the planet and personal health, underpinned by a moral philosophy. More…
STUDY: The development of speciesism; learning not to care about animals
THOMAS RICHARDSON: Speciesism is the belief that one species is morally superior to another species for no justifiable reason. It is because of this…
THOU SHALT NOT HEAL: Vegan animal activist vet nurse sacked for having rescued turkey in her home
NEIL SHAW: An award-winning veterinary nurse who supported an animal liberation movement was sacked after a police raid found she was keeping a…
MEAT THE VICTIMS: Animal rights advocates face trial sentences of up to 70 years in prison over pig farm ‘occupation’
ALEX BINDER: It’s been three years since two hundred animal rights advocates descended on the Excelsior Hog Farm on April 28, 2019 “to expose the…
EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE: British airports reject anti-animal cruelty advertisement
MOHSINA DODHIYA: Airport authorities claim the anti-animal cruelty advert is too political and can potentially evoke ‘negative customer reaction’.…
Gary L. Francione: The Zouma Brothers have been sentenced; Now what about the rest of us?
GARY L. FRANCIONE: West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma pled guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act by kicking and slapping his cat and causing the…
June 5, 2022: It’s National Animal Rights Day
NARD: National Animal Rights Day (NARD) 12 will be commemorated around the world on Sunday June 5, 2022.
Established by the non-profit Our Planet.…
Manu Joseph: The extraordinary ‘human rights’ of animals in India
MANU JOSEPH: I can see it on their smug faces. Across Gurugram, cows sense a bright future. They stand on various roads looking in one direction,…